Communities of Practice
Communities of Practice started at Hack for LA in 2020, post-Covid. These communities have been a vital connection point in our fully remote organization. They have enabled us to connect people across projects in ways that are both meaningful for the individuals, and have helped the organization build professional infrastructure to support our community, nonprofit and government project partnerships. These communities have also enabled Hack for LA to provide rapid response to the evolving crises of 2020.
If you'd like to join one of the Communities of Practice that has a regular meeting time, join their Slack channel and look for the meeting details, usually pinned or in the description. Otherwise, see the "How to get started" sections below.
To join the Slack channels below, you first need to be a member of our Hack for LA Slack Community. If you have not joined yet, please follow the steps in Getting Started.
Data Science
This group is a space where data science professionals from different projects can come together to share effective practices, and give and get mentorship. The members also sometimes workshop group projects.
Meeting Times:
Mondays 7:00-8:00 pm PT
Leadership Type: Mentor Led
Name: Sophia Alice
Role: Co-lead
Name: Karina López
Role: Co-lead
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Engineering
This group is a space where developers from different projects come together to share effective practices, give and get mentorship, set development standards, and create guides for new projects.
Meeting Times:
Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm PT
Leadership Type: Peer Led
Name: Micah Elm
Role: Co-lead
Name: Zeke Arany-Lucas
Role: Co-lead
Name: Adam Abundis
Role: Co-lead
Name: Heejung Hong
Role: Co-lead
Ops
This group covers all areas of dev-ops and has been the spot for coordination on infrastructure improvements such as AWS hosting, password vaults, multi-tenant product architecture, etc.
Meeting Times:
Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm PT
Leadership Type: Community Led
Name: Chelsey Beck
Role: Co-lead
Name: Ernie Pelayo
Role: Co-lead
Name: Dean Church
Role: Co-lead
Name: Nayan Bhatt
Role: Co-lead
Name: Zoey Zhang
Role: Co-lead
Project/Product Management
PMs from different projects come together in this group to share effective practices, give and get mentorship, set product management standards, and create guides and templates by discovering effective practices from all Hack for LA teams.
Meeting Times:
Fridays 12:00-1:00 pm PT
Leadership Type: Mentor Led
Name: Bonnie Wolfe
Role: Lead
UI/UX
This group creates a space where UI/UX designers and researchers from different projects can come together to share effective practices, give and get mentorship, set standards, and create guides for new projects.
Meeting Times:
Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 PM PT
Leadership Type: Peer Led
Name: Aparna Gopal
Role: Co-lead
Name: Julia Gab
Role: Co-lead
Name: Jennifer Nguyen
Role: Co-lead
Name: Peter Gwon
Role: Co-lead
Name: Leo Peng
Role: Co-lead